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Getty Images Following a bout with COVID-19 himself, New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton is now trying to help others that will come in contract with the virus. According to Amie Just of the New Orleans Times-Picayune, Payton donated his blood plasma at the Blood Center in New Orleans on...

Getty Images The Jaguars are indeed looking to trade running back Leonard Fournette, PFT has confirmed. So will the Jaguars find someone to take Fournette, the fourth overall pick in the 2017 draft (a/k/a the guy taken four spots before Christian McCaffrey, six before Patrick Mahomes, and seven...

Getty Images The deadline has passed for any other team to sign Saints quarterback Taysom Hill, a restricted free agent, to an offer sheet. But Hill remains unsigned, because he hasn’t signed his one-year, $4.7 million tender offer. Per a league source, Hill doesn’t plan to sign the one-year...

Getty Images The Saints virtually guaranteed quarterback Taysom Hill‘s return when they placed a first-round tender on him last month. It became official Friday afternoon. That’s when the NFL deadline for any unsigned restricted free agent to sign an offer sheet with another team passed. A...

Getty Images The Saints have re-signed running back Dwayne Washington, according to the NFL’s transactions report. Washington played all 16 games last season, seeing action on 18 offensive snaps and 295 on special teams. He has spent the past two seasons with the Saints. The Lions made...

Getty Images Saints quarterback Taysom Hill has not yet signed his restricted free agency tender. By Friday, there will be one less reason not to. That’s the deadline for any unsigned restricted free agent to sign an offer sheet with another team. After that, any RFA will remain with his...

Getty Images New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell said yesterday that large music festivals in her city should be put on hold until 2021, and when asked about how that pertains to professional football, she replied: “I don’t think anyone has a clue right now.” The Saints may not either, but they...

Getty Images Ted Ginn remains unsigned a month into free agency, and considering that he just turned 35, it would be reasonable to think he might be planning to retire. But Ginn says he’s not even close to done. “I’ve still got a few more years left in me,” Ginn told ESPN. Where he’ll play...

Getty Images Rams center Brian Allen has become the first known active NFL player to contract COVID-19, Jay Glazer of FOX reports. Allen first tested positive three weeks ago and again early last week. He expects to get the “all clear” this week. “He’s feeling good, healthy and on the road to...

Getty Images The recent consensus about the eventual return of sports is that they will likely have to be played in front of empty arenas and stadiums. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards admits he can’t know when any degree of crowd can gather for Saints or LSU games, but he knows the experience...

Getty Images Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey‘s new deal made him the highest-paid running back in the league, and left some of his counterparts speechless for a moment. Saints running back Alvin Kamara found out about the deal during a Twitch stream with Master Tesfatsion of...

Getty Images New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell offered what may be the only correct answer to the question of when NFL games can be played again: No one knows. Cantrell said today that the return of the Saints to the Superdome in September is simply not something that anyone is equipped right...

Getty Images As 49ers tight end George Kittle said last week, there’s a silver lining to the prospect of playing games without fans, specifically when the time comes to play in places like Seattle or New Orleans. Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins took it a step farther on Tuesday when...

Getty Images With the Panthers giving running back Christian McCaffrey a four-year, $64 million extension after three NFL seasons, which running backs are up next for long-term deals? Glad you asked. Even if you didn’t. Titans running back Derrick Henry leads the list. With four seasons under...

Getty Images Taysom Hill‘s ability to do more than play quarterback has opened the door to more of an NFL career than he might have had if he’d just been a signal caller and one prospect entering the league this year is hoping for a similar opportunity. Tommy Stevens was a backup quarterback...

Getty Images P.J. Williams has spent the last five years with the Saints and he opted to stick with what he knows rather than try something new in free agency this offseason. Williams said that sticking with the Saints offers “a great chance to compete for a championship,” which was part of...

Getty Images At a time when some football players are sending bad messages about how to behave during a pandemic, Saints defensive back Malcolm Jenkins is sending an important message to the African-American community, which has been hit disproportionately hard by the coronavirus. “This...

Getty Images The changes to this year’s pre-draft process will impact many of the players who hope to be selected next week, but they’re particularly tough for players who weren’t invited to the Scouting Combine and who had their Pro Day workouts cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Former...

Getty Images Far more important that the recommended rules changes made by the Competition Committee on Friday were the rules changes no recommended by the rule-recommending body. The group suggested only two changes: Expansion of defenseless-player protections and closure of the Belichick...

Getty Images 49ers tight end George Kittle feeds off the energy of a home crowd like few other football players. But if 2020 proceeds without fans due to the ongoing pandemic, Kittle sees a silver lining. “Home games will definitely be weird but if I can go into Seattle or New Orleans without...